Prologue: Why are we writing this book? -- Doing the numbers -- Our framework -- Pathways to power: Introducing our women leaders -- Hypothesis one: You go girl -- Hypothesis two: It's all about the hair -- Hypothesis three: Shrill or soft -- the style conundrum -- Hypothesis four: She's a bit of a bitch -- Hypothesis five: Who's minding the kids? -- Hypothesis six: A special place in hell -- do women really support women? -- Hypothesis seven: Modern day Salem -- Hypothesis eight: The role modelling riddle -- The stand out lessons from eight lives and eight hypotheses - Annex: Snapshots of the pathways to power. .